Vital statistics: population, population density and growth rate, life expectancy, infant mortality, literacy rate. (MUN issues: AIDS, disease, malnutrition, family planning, unemployment);

Nigeria Population is highly affected by AIDS. As well as LE, IMR, LR and etc
Population = 149,229,090 (8th most population in the world)
Population Growth Rate = 1.999 % (61 most population growth rate in the world)
Life Expectancy
Total - 46.94 years (216 most life expectancy in the world) male – 46.16 years
Female – 47.76 years
Infant Mortality Rate
Total - 94.35 deaths/1000 live births (11 highest in Infant mortality Rate in the world)
Male - 100.38 deaths/1,000 live births
Female - 87.97 deaths/1,000 live births

Literacy Rate
Total – 68% out of the total population
Male – 75.7%
Female – 60.6 %

AIDS
HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate – 3.1% (21 most adult prevalence rate in the world)
HIV/AIDS people living with HIV/AIDS – 2,600,000 (3 most people living with HIV/AIDS in the world)
HIV/AIDS deaths – 170,000 (3 most deaths in the world)

DISEASE
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: malaria and yellow fever
respiratory disease: meningococcal meningitis
aerosolized dust or soil contact disease: one of the most highly endemic areas for Lassa fever
water contact disease: leptospirosis and shistosomiasis
animal contact disease: rabies
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009


MALNUTRITION

FAMILY PLANNING

UNEMPLOYMENT
Unemployment Rate – 4.9% (45 most unemployment rate in the world)
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